Where does “joukkotuho” come from?

joukkotuho (Finnish) comes from Finnish joukko, from Proto-Finnic joukko, from Proto-Germanic jaukiją, from Proto-Indo-European yewg- — to join, to yoke, to tie together.

joukkotuho (Finnish): A mass destruction, a holocaust

Definitions

  1. A mass destruction, a holocaust

Ancestry of “joukkotuho”, step by step

joukkotuho traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish joukko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjoukkogroup, cluster, band; crowd of people number of things or persons, especially a rather large and unorganized one
2Proto-Finnicjoukkogroup
3Proto-Germanicjaukijądraught animal; team of oxen
4Proto-Indo-Europeanyewg-to join, to yoke, to tie together

via Finnish tuho

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtuhodestruction; fall; doom
2Proto-Finnictuhodestruction, ruin

Words derived from “joukkotuho”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European yewg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic jaukiją →Every word from Proto-Finnic joukko →
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